Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) said late on Feb. 12 it released five employees of a Canadian mining company kidnapped last month.

The ELN said in a prepared statement it freed five Geo Explorer employees - three Colombians and two Peruvians - kidnapped Jan. 18.

But the terrorist group made no mention of a Canadian citizen whom the Colombian army said earlier this month was among those seized by “bandits” from the ELN in the country’s northern region.

So far, authorities have neither confirmed nor denied information about the release, but police said they would carry out a search overnight.